Freshwater fishes
542 species, each with the water it needs, who it gets along with, and where it comes from. Find one, or browse by family, genus or river.
Upper Orinoco, Venezuela · rapids
Blue-grey with fine white dots. Grows larger than it looks in the store.
Photo: EnjiBenji, CC0
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Plecos · HemiancistrusUncommon
Olive-green with yellow dots, a colour nothing else in the tank has.
Hemiancistrus subviridis
Upper Orinoco and Ventuari, Venezuela · rapids
Olive-green with yellow dots, a colour nothing else in the tank has. Grazes algae and likes strong flow.
Photo: Anne Blindheim, CC BY SA
Baryancistrus demantoides
Upper Orinoco and Ventuari, Venezuela · rapids
The hi-fin version, with a tall dorsal. Territorial, and rarely bred.
Photo: Anne Blindheim, CC BY-SA 3.0
Leporacanthicus triactis
Orinoco, Venezuela · rapids
Eats snails and holds a cave firmly. Can be rough with smaller plecos.
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